His overall record across 16 races reads 3 wins and 5 places, a win rate of around 19% — nearly 1 in every 5 races. That is a perfectly solid career for a horse at this level, and it tells you he is consistent enough to keep finding the frame even when he does not win. He clearly does his best work on normal ground, going 3 wins from 10 races in those conditions — the same 1-in-3 ratio that defines his Dundalk performances. He is a horse who knows what he likes.
His most regular partner in the saddle has been Seamie Heffernan, and together they have a strong record: 2 wins from 9 races, winning roughly 1 in every 4 and a half times they have combined. That is a meaningful relationship — jockey and horse clearly understand each other, and those two wins together account for the bulk of what Billboa has achieved.
The honest part of the story is that Billboa has not won in his last six races, with his most recent victory coming at Dundalk back in March 2024 — now 28 months ago. His recent form figures of 9-8-11-7-5-14 show a horse who has been finishing mid-pack at best, and the yard as a whole has had a quiet season, sending out just 2 winners. He raced just yesterday, so he is clearly still being kept busy and the team believes there is still something to find. Whether Dundalk can unlock him again the way it has three times before is the question worth watching.
| Course | Races | Results | Last run | Win rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dundalk Galloping |
9 | 3 wins, 1 second, 1 third, 4 other | 26 May | 33.3% |
| The Curragh Galloping |
2 | 2 other | 2 Nov | 0% |
| Tipperary Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 20 Apr | 0% |
| Navan Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 18 Oct | 0% |
| Southwell Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 28 Apr | 0% |
| Naas Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 4 Jul | 0% |
| Cork Galloping |
1 | 1 other | 8 Apr | 0% |